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Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) Social Media Participation Terms of Use:
Hamilton Conservation Authority encourages you to engage in open discussion on our social media websites. We look forward to reading your comments and postings. Members from the Hamilton Conservation Authority marketing department will moderate all comments and postings on HCA-owned Social Media accounts, blogs, and our website. We reserve the right to remove comments that we deem inappropriate and to turn off the ability to comment on any post at any time without notice. We also reserve the right to block or otherwise remove the access of any user who breaches these Terms of Use, whether for a period of time or permanently, without notice.

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Opinions and views expressed by individuals as comments, postings or responses on Hamilton Conservation Authority’s sites are not necessarily those of Hamilton Conservation Authority, its officers, employees, staff or members of its board.

Comments and postings of the following nature will be removed:

Trolling, spamming, or postings that are of a business solicitation or promotional nature
Material copied from other sources (exceptions include the use of brief quotes where the source is acknowledged)
Personal attacks, harassment, aggressive behaviour and/or name-calling
Comments that are threatening, obscene, profane and/or that contain hate speech, degrade others and/or are deemed abusive.
Libelous statements, such as allegations of criminal activity or comments that unfairly harm the reputation of a person or organization
Use of an offensive username or of foul language of any kind
Content that promotes or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, colour, age, religion, gender, disability or sexual orientation or expression.
Sexual content or links to sexual content.
Illegal or unlawful activities, inclusive of posting material that infringes upon intellectual property rights.
Comments or posts unrelated to the posted topic or information.
Personal information regarding an identifiable individual.
Any other content deemed inappropriate by the Hamilton Conservation Authority in its sole and absolute discretion.

Disclaimer: Online postings and comments are for public consumption. The Hamilton Conservation Authority is not responsible for users’ comments and postings on its social media websites, including how comments and postings may be used or interpreted by other Internet users. The Hamilton Conservation Authority marketing department does not provide moderation 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Comments and postings are typically reviewed only during business hours. By posting your comments, photographs or other work, you grant the Hamilton Conservation Authority irrevocable permission to copy, distribute, display or forward your comments, photographs or other work publicly and free of charge.

Social Media Participation terms of use are subject to change without notice.

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Flood Status Explanations

	Normal No low water conditions exist.
	Level 1 Water users are asked to voluntarily reduce consumption by 10 percent. Precipitation totals are less than 80 percent of long-term averages and/or 30-day average streamflows are less than 100 / 70 percent (springtime / otherwise) of the minimum of the long-term average monthly flows for summer months.
	Level 2 Water users are asked to voluntarily reduce consumption by 20 percent. Precipitation totals are less than 60 percent of long-term averages and/or 30-day average streamflows are less than 70 / 50 percent (springtime / otherwise) of the minimum of the long-term average monthly flows for summer months.
	Level 3 There is also potential for economic harm to water takers and/or significant harm to the ecosystem. The Hamilton Water Response Team may ask the province to impose mandatory restrictions on those holding Permits to Take Water. Precipitation totals are less than 40 percent of long-term averages and/or 30-day average streamflows are less than 50 / 30 percent (springtime / otherwise) of the minimum of the long-term average monthly flows for summer months.

	Normal No flood conditions exist.
	Watershed Conditions Statement - Water Safety High flows, unsafe banks, melting ice or other factors that could be dangerous for recreational users such as anglers, canoeists, hikers, children, pets, etc. Flooding is not expected.
	Watershed Conditions Statement - Flood Outlook Early notice of the potential for flooding based on weather forecasts calling for heavy rain, snow melt, high wind or other conditions that could lead to high runoff, cause ice jams, lakeshore flooding or erosion.
	Flood Watch Flooding is possible in specific watercourses or municipalities. Municipalities, emergency services and individual landowners in flood-prone areas should prepare.
	Flood Warning Flooding is imminent or already occurring in specific watercourses or municipalities. Municipalities and individuals should take action to deal with flood conditions. This may include road closures and evacuations.